If Apple introduces AR glasses, it has the potential to, once again, emerge as a key influencer that propels it into widespread adoption in the future.

With so much going on in AI, investors seem to be looking past its Metaverse segment. That may seem odd, as the company once known as Facebook changed its name to Meta in 2021. With the company's Reality Labs segment continuing to lose billions of dollars every quarter, investors may have written off the effort.

The leadership in Cupertino is considering several possible path. Right now Meta is considered to be ahead in AR tech. It seems that Apple watched

Somewhere Tim Cook just threw the Apple Vision Pro against a wall. All that time. All that energy. All that hype. And in one day, Mark Zuckerberg just made Apple's $3,500 headset look obsolete with the Meta Orion prototype AR glasses. Not that the Vision Pro was selling like hotcakes, but you get my drift.

Meta has unveiled its first pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses, which use holograms to overlay digital content on to the real world around the wearer.Announced during the tech giant’s Meta Connect event,

Unlike similar headsets that fit over the eyes like goggles, Orion “combines the look and feel of a regular pair of glasses with the immersive capabilities of augmented reality.”

Meta’s first AR glasses have broken cover in the form of the game-changing Orion prototype. These glasses won’t ever be available to sale, but Meta says they’re the precursor to consumer AR Glasses. And based on what we've seen they could be the world's best AR glasses when they launch.